Four alleged international drug couriers, including the suspected ringleader of a transnational drug mule syndicate, have been arrested at Melbourne Airport after 30kg of cocaine – worth an estimated $10 million – was allegedly found in suitcases.
Three US women, aged 22, 24 and 35, allegedly each hid 10kg of the class-A drug inside clothing in their luggage on a flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne on April 12.
Australia Border Force (ABF) officers arrested the women when they got off the flight at Melbourne Airport after getting information from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who had arrested after a fourth woman, 41, at Los Angeles International Airport before the flight.
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